VARICAM - VARIABLE WHEEL CAMBER

You may have noticed that sports wheelchairs, like the ones on the BBC 2 intro, have wheels that tilt in at the top. 

Why?...

... well the more we can tilt the wheels on a wheelchair inwards, the wider they are at the point where they contact the ground and  the more stable the chair in extreme conditions.

So why not make all wheelchairs like this?

As you might guess - they won't get through doorways as they are too wide.
 
The angle that the wheels tilt is called the camber angle and tilted wheels like those on wheelchairs are said to exhibit negative camber.
 
So wouldn't it be great to have a wheelchair that offered the best of both worlds, zero camber in the street and maximum negative camber when off road or doing sports.  The idea isn't that new, but previous offerings required you to dismantle your chair with tools and bolt on wedges or perform other hefty adjustments.
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At TREKINETIC we only like elegant solutions and our VARICAM system is just that.  With this revolutionary system, you can go from zero to hero, by just rotating the cross shaft under the seat.  Before you get in, simply decide whether you're going to town in and out of shop doorways, or need the full sports stance with a monster 24 degrees negative camber!
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At zero degrees the chair is 710 (28") wide and at 24 degrees it is a full 870mm (34")!

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